{"product_id":"me-other-writing-paperback-2","title":"Me \u0026 Other Writing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarguerite Duras\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOlivia Baes\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eEmma Ramadan\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA career-spanning collection of Marguerite Duras's genre-bending essays that \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e calls \"a luminous, erudite exploration of the self and art.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In her nonfiction as well as her fiction, Marguerite Duras's curiosity was endless, her intellect voracious. Within a single essay she might roam from Flaubert to the \"scattering of desire\" to the Holocaust; within the body of her essays overall, style is always evolving, subject matter shifting, as her mind pushes beyond the obvious toward ever-original ground. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eMe \u0026amp; Other Writing\u003c\/i\u003e is a guidebook to the extraordinary breadth of Duras's nonfiction. From the stunning one-page \"Me\" to the sprawling 70-page \"Summer 80,\" there is not a piece in this collection that can be easily categorized. These are essayistic works written for their times but too virtuosic to be relegated to history, works of commentary or recollection or reportage that are also, unmistakably, works of art.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarguerite Duras\u003c\/b\u003e was one of France's most important and prolific writers. Born Marguerite Donnadieu in 1914 in what was then French Indochina, she went to Paris in 1931 to study at the Sorbonne. During WWII she was active in the Resistance, and in 1945 she joined the Communist Party. Duras wrote many novels, plays, films, and essays during her lifetime. She is perhaps best known for her internationally bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Prix Goncourt in 1984. She died in Paris in 1996. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlivia Baes\u003c\/b\u003e is a trilingual Franco-American writer and actress. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Comparative Literature and a Master of the Arts in Cultural Translation from the American University of Paris. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmma Ramadan\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator based in Providence, RI, where she co-owns Riffraff, a bookstore and bar. She is the recipient of an NEA fellowship, a PEN\/Heim grant, and a Fulbright for her translation work. Her translations include Anne Garréta's \u003ci\u003eSphinx\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNot One Day\u003c\/i\u003e, Virginie Despentes's \u003ci\u003ePretty Things\u003c\/i\u003e, Ahmed Bouanani's \u003ci\u003eThe Shutters\u003c\/i\u003e, and Marcus Malte's \u003ci\u003eThe Boy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Gunn \u003c\/b\u003eis a novelist, critic, and translator, as well as being one of the editors of the four-volume \u003ci\u003eLetters of Samuel Beckett\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of the Cahiers Series. He is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature \u0026amp; English at the American University of Paris where he directs the Center for Writers \u0026amp; Translators. He was designated in 2017 as editor of Muriel Spark's letters.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 6.9 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47333534793977,"sku":"9781948980029","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/KzJjUmpSTjhjZ0hZa054OHVMc1owUT09_5dd7f892-c85e-49ea-81c4-42b66fb8d415.webp?v=1769639430","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/me-other-writing-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}